CrimeHorrorMystery

- Its name is Quetzalcoatl. Just call it Q. That's all you'll have time to say before it tears you apart!

New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work ex-con is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest and is determined to turn the knowledge to his advantage, but will his gamble pay off or will he end up as lizard food?

Release Date : 1982-09-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Larco ProductionsArkoff International

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Q: Winged SerpentSerpentThe Winged SerpentQ - The Winged SerpentQ: The Winged Serpent

Cast

Character Name : Jimmy Quinn

Original Name : Michael Moriarty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joan

Original Name : Candy Clark

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shepard

Original Name : David Carradine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Powell

Original Name : Richard Roundtree

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Murray

Original Name : James Dixon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Commissioner

Original Name : Malachy McCourt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Fletcher

Original Name : Fred J. Scollay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Det. Clifford

Original Name : Peter Hock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Det. Hoberman

Original Name : Ron Cey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Pauley

Original Name : Mary Louise Weller

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Victim

Original Name : Bruce Carradine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doyle

Original Name : John Capodice

Gender : Male

Character Name : Webb

Original Name : Tony Page

Gender : Male

Character Name : Curator

Original Name : Larkin Ford

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Professor

Original Name : Larry Pine

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Watchman

Original Name : Eddie Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kahsa

Original Name : Shelly Desai

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Banyon

Original Name : Lee Louis

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Robber

Original Name : Fred Morsell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Robber

Original Name : Ed Kovens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Construction Worker

Original Name : Richard Duggan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Jennifer Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attorney

Original Name : David Snell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Larry Silvestri

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Perry Genovese

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Gabriel Wohl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eyewitness

Original Name : Nancy Stafford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sunbather

Original Name : Bobbie Burns

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shepard's Wife (uncredited)

Original Name : Linda Gilbert

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

***Amusing Big City monster flick featuring Quetzalcoatl*** As two Manhattan detectives (David Carradine and Richard Roundtree) investigate deaths linked to Aztecan ritual a huge winged serpent begins preying on citizens. A piano-playing street thug (Michael Moriarty) claims to know where its nest is located and makes a deal with the authorities. Could the beast be Quetzalcoatl? Larry Cohen’s "Q" (1982), aka “Q: The Winged Serpent,” is a Grade B creature feature with a wink of humor. Imagine “Wolfen” (1981) if it wasn’t so artsy and didn’t take itself so seriously, albeit with a different monster, and you’d have a good picture of “Q.” Moriarty cops a serious Bill Burr vibe as the two-bit hood while Carradine & Roundtree seem to be enjoying themselves as tough Big City investigators. Speaking of the city, this is a great way to view New York City in the early 80s. Unfortunately, Cohen drops the ball in the female department as he doesn’t know how to take advantage of the feminine resources and opportunities (and I’m not tawkin’ bout nudity or sleaze, just effective photography of women). Nevertheless, the flick’s entertaining and shouldn’t be as obscure as it is. It runs 1 hour, 33 minutes, and was shot in Manhattan with focus on the Chrysler Building. GRADE: B/B-

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

This could have been so much better if the casting were not so dreadful. As it is, it's only a passable adventure that sees two cops - David Carradine and Richard Rowntree on the case of a murderer who ruthlessly decapitates his victims - usually whilst they are seemingly impregnable on a rooftop, or somewhere equally lofty. Meantime, "Quinn" (Michael Moriarty) is trying to stay one step ahead of some folks he owes money too, and whilst hiding atop the Empire State Building, happens upon something startling! As the killings intensify, and sightings of a strange creature are reported to the police, he does a deal with them to reveal what might just be it's nest. The story is fine - but there are just way few appearances from our mysterious beastie, and the plot is also cluttered up with some Inca ritualim too. When we do see "Q" - well Ray Harryhausen it isn't. It has a cheap version of the "Hammer" look to it, and the acting and dialogue are no better. It's rated 'X', but I suspect that is because there is some nudity, there is nothing at all remotely scary to see here.